A majority of MPs on Thursday agreed to press ahead with legislation to stamp out dual nationality and ban the burqa, despite the caretaker status of the government. Labour MPs sided with the ruling VVD, CDA and anti-Islam PVV to agree not to label the draft laws controversial, which would […]
The ‘Vatileaks’ scandal has lifted the lid on a world of Catholic clerical intrigue and rivalry in the Holy See. A British diplomat, sent as Her Majesty’s representative to the […]
Almost €100bn (£80.2bn) of cash was pulled out of Spain in the first three months of the year by private and corporate investors fleeing the advancing financial and political crisis. […]
Norway’s Ila prison will hire trained ‘friends’ to keep confessed mass killer Anders Breivik company, as he is deemed too dangerous to mingle with ordinary prisoners. “It could be anything […]
Almost a third of older workers think that their employers put colleagues with young children first, leading to tensions in the workplace, new research shows. People aged between 45 and […]
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, in his first major public appearance in the US, has said democratic change in China is slow but irreversible. Read More…
Pikesville mosque to open at Slade Mansion on Park Heights Avenue. By Alison Knezevich, The Baltimore Sun6:02 p.m. EDT, May 30, 2012Synagogues and schools line Park Heights Avenue in Pikesville— […]
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By Bernardo Vizcaino SYDNEY | Thu May 31, 2012 May 31 (Reuters) – The Islamic investment sector can widen its customer base by adopting a socially responsible model, according to industry experts, but distribution channels, a sophisticated investor base and incentive schemes need to be enhanced first. The links between […]
FRANKFURT — Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, warned Thursday that the structure of the euro zone had become “unsustainable” and criticized political leaders he said have been slow to respond to the sovereign debt crisis. “The configuration we had for 10 years, which was considered sustainable, has […]
An extract from the book: THE NEXT 100 YEARS – A FORECAST for the 21st Century By George FRIEDMAN published in 2009 by Anchor Books The books gives us a Global Forecast. We are giving our readers as a sample the chapter on Turkey pages 144 to 148. TURKEY During […]
Huff Post: by Samir Selmanovic Community Engagement Catalyst, Communicator Life interrupts us. When we can’t fit our life experience into our religion, something has to give, and life can’t give. Like a sturdy surgical tool, life cuts back across our religion to save us from it. Just when we figure […]
Washington Post: By Cecilia Kang U.S. officials and high-tech business giants have launched an assault against what they view as a massive threat to the Internet and to Silicon Valley’s bottom […]
Huff Post by Kecia Ali. Associate Professor of Religion, Boston University According to the Internet, I am 100 percent Reform Jew. This came as something of a surprise to me since I’m a Muslim. Let me explain. In the wake of Sept. 11, I was invited to contribute an essay […]
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – Ulama or Muslim cleric have potential to promote immature Islamic industry in Indonesia. Nevertheless, not many of them are familiar or have knowledge about the industry. “Ulama […]
Cnbc.com: A United Nations agency charged with helping member nations secure their national infrastructures plans to issue a sharp warning about the risk of the Flame computer virus that was […]
provided by Deutsche Welle. It’s a case of intrigue, betrayal, and secret documents that would make a good plot for a thriller: Paolo Gabriele, personal butler to Pope Benedict XVI, […]
Israeli researchers weed out the THC from marijuana to create a pain-relieving plant devoid of unwanted side effects The Israel Times: A new strain of cannabis promises to provide users […]
Introduction Islam is today the second-largest religion in Italy by number of adherents, yet it remains unofficial in the eyes of the Italian state. Unlike the Catholic Church – formally […]
Express Tribune: Two years after the tragic attack on worshippers at Darul Zikr, an additional session judge, when faced with a petition calling for action against an Ahmadi worship place […]